Tune: CORNWALL (Wesley)

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CORNWALL (Wesley)

Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Published in 26 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art

Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music Sy… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	CORNWALL (Wesley)
Composer:	Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Meter:	8.8.6.8.8.6
Incipit:	35321 17653 21436
Key:	D Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Not Far Beyond the Sea, Nor High

O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art

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O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art

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